Mienoumi Tsuyoshi

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三重ノ海剛司
Mienoumi Tsuyoshi
Personal information
Real name	Ishiyama Gorō
Date of birth	February 4, 1948
Place of birth	Matsusaka, Mie
Height	181.0cm (5'11")
Weight	135.0kg (298lb)
Career*
Heya	Dewanoumi
Rank	Yokozuna
Record	695-525-56 (1 draw)
Debut	July, 1963
Highest rank	Yokozuna (September, 1979)
Yushos	3 (Makuuchi)
Special Prizes	Outstanding Performance (5) Fighting Spirit (1) Technique (3)
Gold stars	5 (Wajima (2), Kitanoumi, Kotozakura, Kitanofuji)
* Career information is correct as of January 2007.

Mienoumi Tsuyoshi (三重ノ海剛司, born February 4, 1948 as Ishiyama Gorō (石山五郎)^?) is a former champion sumo wrestler, the 57th yokozuna of the sport. He was born in Mie prefecture, Japan.

[edit] Career

His first bout was in July 1963, aged just 15. He was promoted to jūryō division in March 1969, and makuuchi, the top division, in September 1969. In July of the following year, he reached the rank of komusubi, defeating two yokozuna (Taihō and Tamanoumi) and receiving his first prize (shukunshō). He was promoted to sekiwake the following September. He won his first makuuchi tournament in November 1975 and was promoted to ōzeki the following January. He lost a majority of bouts in the next two tournaments, resulting in an automatic demotion back to sekiwake, but a good result of 10 wins to 5 losses in the next tournament was sufficient to restore him to ōzeki.

In September 1979 he was finally promoted to yokozuna. The 97 tournaments it took him to do so is the slowest ever progress to sumo's top rank. He won the second and third tournaments as yokozuna, but after this had several absences due to injury and illness, fighting a full fifteen bouts in only four tournaments as yokozuna, before retiring in November 1980. He has the lowest win-loss ratio of any post-war yokozuna.